How to remove a field completely from a MongoDB document? Technology Community › Category: MongoDB › How to remove a field completely from a MongoDB document? 0 Vote Up Vote Down VietMX Staff asked 4 years ago Suppose this is a document. { name: 'book', tags: { words: ['abc','123'], // <-- remove it comletely lat: 33, long: 22 } } How do I remove words completely from all the documents in this collection? Answer db.example.update({}, {$unset: {words:1}}, false, true);